Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, etc.
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Wolfgang Windgassen (Tristan), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Christa Ludwig (Brangäne), Martti Talvela (King Marke), Eberhard Waechter (Kurwenal), Claude Heater (Melot), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Hirt), Gerd Nienstedt (Steuermann), Peter Schreier (Seemann)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther, Karl Böhm
Captured live at Bayreuth, here’s a Tristan that seethes with passion. Böhm is magnificent in the pit, dramatic and vital, and Windgassen and Nilsson are quite simply glorious in the title roles.
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, etc.
Remastered at 96kHz / 24-bit
Wolfgang Windgassen (Tristan), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Christa Ludwig (Brangäne), Martti Talvela (King Marke), Eberhard Waechter (Kurwenal), Claude Heater (Melot), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Hirt), Gerd Nienstedt (Steuermann), Peter Schreier (Seemann)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther, Karl Böhm
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Captured live at Bayreuth, here’s a Tristan that seethes with passion. Böhm is magnificent in the pit, dramatic and vital, and Windgassen and Nilsson are quite simply glorious in the title roles.
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Contents and tracklist
- Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), Christa Ludwig (contralto), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Wilhelm Pitz (chorus master), Claude Heater (tenor), Martti Talvela (bass), Erwin Wohlfahrt (tenor), Gerd Nienstedt (bass)
- Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele
- Karl Böhm
- Recorded: 1966-08
- Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus
- Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Eberhard Wächter (baritone)
- Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
- Karl Böhm
- Recorded: 1966-08
- Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus
Awards and reviews
Captured live at Bayreuth, here’s a Tristan that seethes with passion. Böhm is magnificent in the pit, dramatic and vital, and Windgassen and Nilsson are quite simply glorious in the title roles.
Daily Telegraph
It is Böhm’s incandescent reading of the score and the unrivalled playing by the Bayreuth orchestra that makes this such a gripping experience.
